Archive idea

Archive an idea by ID. The idea is moved to Trash and will be permanently deleted after 30 days. Use the unarchive endpoint to restore it.

POST/ideas/{id}/archive

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired

API key authentication. Generate an API key from your workspace settings.

Path parameters

idstring<uuid>required

Idea ID (UUID)

Responses

200

Idea archived successfully

idstring<uuid>required

Idea ID

workspaceIdstring<uuid>required

Workspace ID

archivedAtstring<date-time> | nullrequired

When the idea was archived

401

Unauthorized - Missing or invalid API key

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messagestring

404

Not Found - Resource does not exist

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Try it

Server

Base URLCustom base URLOverrides the selected server when set.

Authorization

Bearer tokenRemember on this deviceInclude my values in samples

Parameters

idpath*Idea ID (UUID)

Request

curl -X POST 'https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/ideas/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/archive' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'

const response = await fetch("https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/ideas/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/archive", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
  }
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.tryordinal.com/api/v1/ideas/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08/archive",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
    },
)

Response

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "workspaceId": "660e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "archivedAt": "2026-02-18T14:30:00.000Z"
}

{
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "message": "Invalid or unauthorized API key"
}

{
  "code": "NOT_FOUND",
  "message": "Post not found or does not belong to this workspace"
}